Viewpoint: General Autonomous Labs Will Be the New Compute
shyamalanadkat · x · 2026-07-28
The author proposes a forward-looking viewpoint: general autonomous labs will become the new "compute" of our era.
This implies that in future AI development, fully automated physical labs capable of conducting scientific research and development will become the most core and scarce infrastructure and driving force, much like underlying computing resources such as GPUs.
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